I have an i6 200 I believe. Was told it was numbers matching to 72 it sits in. I have looked for the vin but havent found it. Was told it is under the exhaust. Is it at the front of the car or the rear? middle? Right under the manifold or ?
found it thanks! Its a bit hard to read but it looks like: 2x911242153 my cars vin is 2x91t243153 Im guessing the second one in the engine vin is a T hard to tell since the top part is worn off. as far as the 242153 on the engine it is 242 not 243 like the vin on the car. Any ideas on that?
I would say a mistake was made on the assembly line and the wrong number was stamped into your motor. I bet it is the original motor.
well on the motor there seems to be the same vin under that one but its worn bad so the last half is gone. Im guessing someone sanded it down and restamped?
Likely at the factory. If something happened and it got stamped for the wrong car they just took a quick grind to it and stamped over it.
Mmk we'll just go with that. Im guessing a numbers matching car for a maverick isnt all the spectacular anyways. Its a sprint model, but I figured the grabbers would really be the only thing worth keeping numbers matching?
Numbers matching would be great on al all original, low mileage car. Not necessarily worth more as far as $$$....but neat to have. Now....if a car needs repainted, new upholstery, etc....to me, numbers matching means nothing.
Well I do want it numbers mathcing and it only has about 40k on it. Soo ill take it as low mileage. about 1k a year!
To some extent....numbers matching doesn't mean a whole lot once you start modifying the motor. Headers, cams, carbs, intakes, etc. I would say for the most part Maverick people are not "numbers matching" types of people.
I questions Ford customer service about mistakes in VIN's stamped on the engine, as one of my cars has an extra 4 slipped into the otherwise correct sequence of numbers. They said errors in the numbers back then were common and the only ones that really were kept accurate was the door tag and dash tag. In 1980, the Federally mandated 17 digit VIN took the place of the old system and accuracy of all stamping on parts became uniform. It is not that Ford didn't try to get all the numbers to match. Just that QC back in those days as far as these stampings go was pretty lacking.
yea I know most of the cars arent kept stock or restored to original paint and parts. For me its kind of a piece of history. 30 years ago, mind you before I was born and shortly after my father was, this car was put together with this exact engine. Kind of cool whether its more valuable or not.
Exactly. When I restored my 1970 Grabber, I sent the original hood molding out and had two big dents taken out and had it polished and restored. I could have put an NOS one on there....but I wanted to put the ORIGINAL one back on there. That car had THAT molding on it all it's life. I felt it fitting it should be back on there.
